Publications
ESSAYS
'Moons Blackened with Coal Dust' on the short fiction of Breece D’J Pancake in Thresholds
'Walking to Spurn - A Line Between River and Sea' in North Country. An Anthology of Landscape and Nature.Saraband.
'Flipping the Rice but Leaving the Beans' on the writing of Kathryn Scanlan Confingo 20
REVIEWS: Affinities Brian Dillon in Confingo
The Possessed Witold Gombrowitz in Confingo 21(print only)
Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors Ian Penman in Cardiff Review
FICTION
'His Wife's Furs' a short story in Crossways Literary Magazine
Fossils a novel. Saraband.
POETRY
in The Bangor Literary Journal
And in The Wellington Street Review
A contemporary coming of age story. Sherrie-Lee is reinventing herself, setting herself up in new surroundings to become a storyteller and environmental crusader. but when her plans to manipulate events go askew things get more complicated than she could have imagined. '..captures the powerless half-light of adolescence and all who are lost.' This is a story about identity, the importance of storytelling and the powerlessness of nature and those without a voice. An allegory of alienation and the yearning to connect to the world. It will be published by Saraband books 21st April 2022.
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'An unforgettable story of outrunning poverty through the power of stories and imagination.'
'Compelling. The prose bubbles and snaps with an energy that’s as changeable as its teen protagonist … a stunning, important novel about poverty and hopelessness, compassion and resilience.' Emily Devane
'This arresting debut challenges assumptions and captures the powerless yearning of adolescence with a voice that is fresh, magnetic and often funny – one that pulls you in and won’t let go.' Saraband
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